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Headword:
*eu)fhmi/a
e)/stw
Adler number: epsilon,3797
Translated headword: let there be good speech
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The comic poets use [the term] 'good speech' whenever they introduce a prayer or a decree.
Greek Original:*eu)fhmi/a e)/stw: eu)fhmi/a| xrw=ntai oi( kwmikoi/, e)peida\n eu)xh\n h)\ yh/fisma ei)sa/gwsin.
Note:
The headword phrase is a quotation of
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 295 (Web address 1). The entry is probably drawn from
scholia thereto, and refers to the specialized use of 'good speech' to mean 'ritual/respectful silence'; cf.
epsilon 3794,
epsilon 3795 (and
epsilon 3792).
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; constitution; ethics; law; poetry; politics; religion; stagecraft
Translated by: William Hutton on 10 February 2008@07:45:34.
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